Gillespie County, Texas. Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 24,837. The county seat is Fredericksburg. It is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Gillespie is named for Robert Addison Gillespie, a soldier in the Mexican-American War.
Anne Frank, the little Jewish girl who penned âAnne Frankâs Diaryâ while hiding in an attic from Nazis, was a refugee and her family applied for U.S. visas but were denied. The Truth: Itâs true that Anne Frank became a refugee in the lead up to World War II and was denied entry into the United States. That revelation surfaced in 2007 when the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research discovered a file on Otto Frank, Anne Frankâs father.
About the Anne Frank Center. In 1959, Otto Frank, Anneâs father, founded our organization as the Anne Frank Foundation, the American partner of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and the Anne Frank Fonds in Basel. The United States was no afterthought to Otto. At age 19, he came to New York to do an apprenticeship at Macyâs, before returning home to Germany.